Saturday / Sunday — 04.18 / 04.19 — How Occupation Works — Discussion / Screening
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Weekend of discussions / screenings organized by 16beaver group for LEFT FORUM & Migrating Forms
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Saturday, April 18th
This event is concerned with occupation as a means of resistance: inspired by the latest NY schools occupations, the chicago’s factory sit in and historical squatting of empty buildings in New York and elsewhere. We would like to investigate the struggles in which such tactics emerge and are useful and in addition develop a how-to of occupations in light of the current economical and political situation.
When: 12:00 – 2:00 pm
Where: Pace University
(across from City Hall)
One Pace Plaza
New York, NY 10038
What: A discussion entitled: How Occupation Works
Who: Participants will include 16 Beaver Group, Kurt Hill (People’s fire house), Father Frank Morales and Jerry the Peddler (Squatting Movement of the Lower East Side), Lynn Owens (Sociologist), Take Back NYU (Ellie Kahn, Drew Phillips and Olive Mckeon), New School in Exile (John Clegg)
and Friends from Picture the Homeless
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Sunday, April 19th
Occupation is used to describe two entities: one related to the state, its strategies of control, and the other is part of the strategies of resistance, to occupy a building as a protest for example, or simply to occupy/squat a building to live in. This is an experiment in a constructing a collective film composed of pieces of material brought in by the public. Everyone is encouraged to bring in a cued selection from a video or a film by others or themselves. Found footage associated references, flights of poetry and literal awakenings are welcome.(Length: 1:00 to 5:00 minutes).
When: 2:00 – 3:30 pm
Where: Anthology Film Archives
What: A film screening entitled: How Occupation Works
Who: All are invited to bring films